Young Toddler · 12–20 months
Young Toddler Squad
Walking, pointing, the first fifty words, and the first real jobs.
Made for 35 weeks
35 weeks, one for every week from 12 months to 20 months, each matched to their age. Week 1 is the week they turn 12 months.
Time it takes
45 minutes a day plus one pod morning
One 45-minute home block a day (four short pieces), a weekly pod morning at a home or park, and the first Squad Jobs.
What we promise
- Walking and climbing courses at home
- Language explosion: songs, labels, choices
- First real jobs: put it back, wipe the table
- Playdates that work (parallel play is the goal)
Nourish & rest, included
The picky phase begins; keep offering, keep it calm, keep the rhythm.
The nap transition from two to one happens around 15–18 months
Every week you get
A weekly theme with four short daily pieces
The first Squad Jobs: put it back, wipe the table, carry the cup
A movement course you can build from couch cushions
A song, a book, and ten words to say all week
Pod morning plan with parallel-play stations
Nourish: meals and snacks for new eaters
A sample month, in your lane
Young Toddler · 12–20 months
Young Toddler Squad
Walking, pointing, the first fifty words, and the first real jobs.
How a week is shaped
One 45-minute home block a day (four short pieces), a weekly pod morning at a home or park, and the first Squad Jobs.
Time: 45 minutes a day plus one pod morning
Every week you get
- A weekly theme with four short daily pieces
- The first Squad Jobs: put it back, wipe the table, carry the cup
- A movement course you can build from couch cushions
- A song, a book, and ten words to say all week
- Pod morning plan with parallel-play stations
- Nourish: meals and snacks for new eaters
🥄 Nourish at this stage
The picky phase begins; keep offering, keep it calm, keep the rhythm.
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🧭 Explorer in the Young Toddler Squad: Balanced weeks with a little of everything.
One of fifteen lanes. See them all.
A sample month (weeks 1–5)
Week 1
Walkers & Talkers
Two feet, ten words
- Push-toy walks and carrying jobs
- Name it, point to it, get it
- Cushion course
- Nourish: three meals, two snacks, one rhythm
Week 2
Water Works
Pour, splash, wipe
- Pouring station with two pitchers
- First wipe-the-table job
- Bath-time boats
- Nourish: open cups at every meal
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 3
Animal Friends
Sounds, moves, and gentle hands
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 4
Big & Little
First sorting
- unlocks the weekend before
Week 5
Colors Everywhere
One color a week, everywhere you look
How each lane tilts the Young Toddler Squad
🧭
Explorer
Balanced weeks with a little of everything.
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Athlete
Daily cushion courses, push toys, and ball play.
🔧
Builder
Blocks, nesting cups, and the first take-apart toys.
🩺
Healer
Doctor kit play and body-part songs, plus caring for the stuffed animals.
🎨
Creator
A daily art invitation and a dance party at every transition.
🌿
Naturalist
Outside first: a daily walk with a collecting bag.
🔢
Scholar
Big/little, one/two, in/out: sorting games in every block.
📖
Storyteller
Ten words to say all week, plus a puppet who tells the plan.
🌎
Linguist
The color and animal of the week in English and Spanish, every time.
🍳
Chef
Snack plates they assemble; three colors, one protein, no pressure.
🗺️
Historian
Neighborhood walks with a paper map: 'we live here, the park is there.'
🫖
Host
They set the cups and call people to the snack by name. Hosting is a real job.
🏘️
Citizen
A wipe-the-table job that is for everybody, not just their spill. The room is shared.
🚩
Pioneer
A push-cart 'store' they open after the walk: three things, a pebble price, a customer.
✨
Seeker
A wonder question on the walk ('where does the sun go?') and your family's real answer.
Nourish at this stage
- • Division of responsibility: you decide what and when, they decide how much
- • Repeat exposures: it takes 10+ tries
- • Milk limits and iron
- • Fun food without pressure: shapes, dips, deconstructed meals
- • Weaning from the bottle
Educational guidance, not medical advice. Your pediatrician or a registered dietitian knows your child.
Rest at this stage
- • The nap transition from two to one happens around 15–18 months
- • Bedtime battles are development; the routine is the anchor
- • Early wake-ups: check light and bedtime first
Ready for the Young Toddler Squad?
$99/month for the first child · siblings 50% off · first 7 days free · 30-day guarantee